How Netflix’s ‘Afflicted’ Failed the Chronic Illness Community
When “Afflicted” viewers first meet Bekah Fly, she and her boyfriend Jesse are living in a secluded van in the middle of the California desert. Her severe mold sensitivity makes…
Albertan helps people with disabilities and chronic illnesses fish again
Albertan Tom Adams of the Dream Casters Society is helping people with illnesses and chronic disabilities cast a fishing line again. To read more: … source
Does My Disease Need A Name?
Excerpted from Sick: A Memoir. About midway into the winter the “offness” confirmed itself. Ryan and I had begun drinking and smoking again. Those habits were coupled with extreme poverty…